The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-31

restore passenger rates to the full regular tariff
ano 70 De sure to sell tickets for less than the
speclhea rates. All sub-aeents are to be dis
charged at once. Special or reduced rates for
al classes OF persons, including those heretofore
issued on account of freight shippers. manufact
urers, commercial travellers, theatrical com
pah'es, eircuses, e-ball clubs, students hunt
eis, fishermen, steamboatmen, police
members of the press, hotels. char.
ly, iaoorers, national soldiers, homes. /
mayors orders, and Sisters of Charity
s;ra - pe aoohshed. Mileage tickets of every
n 6lhu' except Advertising" are withdrawn. I
contracts made with local newspapers fo- the |
year 1881, 70 pay for advertising and transporta-
.lon. however, will be carried out Local tickets I
" ministers Will be continued at two cents per
nlie, as Will also round-trip tickets for thirty
days The circular is dated March 80. and will |
60 into effect on April l.
There will be no change in the rates on the |
regular communication tickets Special ccmmuta-
.ion rates. however, to particular persons will |
be Cancelled
Inc purchasers of tickets will be allowed the
privilege OF checking lao pounds of personal
nasgage on each ticket Passes will be issued
10 the employees of the passenger departments of
connecting lines, but not on account of or to
any mem Der OF their families, only upon request
OF an ofleer connected with such department..
rarucular stress is placed upon the responsible
MY that rests upon agents, VINO are specially
instructed to be careful to follow the letter of
the law, as they are individually liable to a
heavy nne All lines operated by the Pennsyiva-
ma company, the Chicago. St. Louis & Pitts
ourg haiiroed Company, and the Pittsburg
CINCINNATI q ST. Louis Railroad Company are
governed by this order 1t embraces 2, 4S1 miles
of road.
ihe Pennsyivania's Revised Freight Tariffs.
PHILADELPHIA, March 30-The work of ar
ranging new rates to fit the provisions of the
Interstate commerce bill was completed at the
pennsylvania railroad Office to-day and sent to
the AGENTS 0f tha he <od in
| stations. There are twenty Eve separate tables,
each about the size of an ordinary four-page
| newspaper, used to display the classiications
and the tariffs under each, and besides these
there is table of local rates several feet square
A leading official of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, who has assisted in the readju stmeut
OF the tariffs under the new bill. gays: 1.-THE
main points are that enc general classification
| will be used for all business passing over our
system. In fact, the same classification will be
used by all lines north of the Ohio and east of
the Mississippi rivers This u.s. in itself. great
change, taking the place, as it does, of twenty
seven Consultations which have, up to
eassca ms Ga n in bs.e,. The m sha
east-bound, divided by articles into thirteen
classes; the west-bound, into five classes; the
| JOINT merchandise divided into seven classes,
i ent classification is a consolidation Of these.
Under the new rates the same tariffs apply to
shipments in either direction for the same dis
lance The REIMBURSEMENT has not been
law, but in making them the bill
has been construed literally and applied
to all lines SO as not to make any greater charge
for the short haul than the long one. The rate
on grain is reduced from 80 to % cents, which is
only theoretical reduction, as most of the
weaker lines from the West have been contract
ing for grain at very much less
than the tariff. Live stock from the
| act Mill oiv Tn s,~stx, >
| cases the rates will show q marked decrease al
compared with some of the old ones. Under the
rearrangements Of tariffs, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company's lines will be divided inte
/ three branches: Local, which will apply to al
points east of Pittsburg and Erie and north oil
, Richmond and Roanoke; coal and COKE which
applies to those articles of fuel on all parts o
the system, and through freight. which applies
to business going off the lines Of the compan,
into New England, Canada, the West ant
South"
General Manager Mcleod. of the READING
, Railroad Company. stated to-day that his com
Visions He prea,ess largely ias.s-.ss sarn,ne
under it for the railroads He says that it viii
make the farmer of Pennsylvania equal com
petitor Of the Western farmer in this market
the former having hitherto been squeezed on
!. by the low rates given the Western farmer b
= the railroads.
Final Order in the Wabash Receivershipl
ST Louis, March 30-A final order was file
I; the United States Circuit Court, by Juds
!; Brewer, in the case of the Central Trust Cor
; pany, of New York. against the Wabash. s.
j. Louis & Pacific Railway Company. to-day. TIL
+ order recites the steps already taken by the pu
! chasing committee in complying with the orde,
. of the court, by paying down 100000 an
g placing the further sum OF $25O,o0o in the N.
): tional Cank of Commerce to the order of the r,
! I,-o
g l, 1887, and further orders, first, that the pu
> chasing committee shall file their bond ths
= they will place further sum of $3.50, 900 to tn
J; order of the receivers, to pay the
9 obligations, and. second, that th
committee shall pay all turtle
e to meet the debts or liabilities of the receiver,
h Humphreys and Tut The order recites, furtf
o er. that the purchasing committee shall, on tn
LIST day of April, 1887 take possession Of all tn
81 railroads and other property purchased unds
:; the foreclosure decree. and that the receiver
n shall turn over such property to the committe
t on that date. The order is divided into eleve
/ sections relating to different subjects
but the substance OF It requires thi
IS of all the owners and holders of general NOR
3 gage bonds Of the st. Louie, Jerseyville
!, Springfield, the Champaign & Southeastern
ii Moines g. St Louis and the Des Mones Nortl
D, western roads, which were not sold under tt
" decree, shall take possession of them and opera
t; them, subject to the order of the court and
l. sale in future 1t is ordered, also, that the r
3 ceivers tender the Eel-river railroad to the con
10 mittee, and if it declines to take possession OF
q it shall be surrendered to the Eel-river Rairos
Company
> An Important New England Line.
g SRowHEGAN, Me-, March 30.--A. T. Stewar
) one Of the principal engineers Of the Canadis
- Pacific railroad, has completed prelininai
e survey of the Boston g. Quebec airline ralroa
!, route, to be built from Skowhegan to MODS
# river following the Kennebec river on the ea